The following are some samples of material faculty taking the April 2-13 course created in response to some of the course exercises.
Exercise 1
Create a visual/graphical representation of how knowledge claims are analyzed/critiqued/evaluated in your discipline. Include in your illustration the standards and acceptable types of evidence (and their sources) that are used in this process.
Write-up a concrete example/case study (either historical or current-day) of how members of your discipline would apply this model to a specific knowledge claim in your discipline.
The following are some samples of material faculty taking the April 2-13 course created in response to some of the course exercises.
Exercise 1
Create a visual/graphical representation of how knowledge claims are analyzed/critiqued/evaluated in your discipline. Include in your illustration the standards and acceptable types of evidence (and their sources) that are used in this process.See also the 'sieve' example from Mark Stimson at the bottom of the home pageF
First in-class analysis exercise
Second in-class analysis and evaluation exercise
Exercise 2
Write-up a concrete example/case study (either historical or current-day) of how members of your discipline would apply this model to a specific knowledge claim in your discipline.Reading Guide for a difficult reading
Here is Scheffler's essay